MALIBU, Calif.—Authorities searched on Nov. 12 for more than 200 people unaccounted for in one of the wildfires rampaging through parts of California, voicing concern about a possible rising death toll, as gusty, dry winds spurred the spreading flames.
The raging blaze in northern California known as the Camp Fire, the state’s most destructive on record, had left at least 228 people missing as of early Nov. 12, according to Kory Honea, sheriff of Butte County, site of the fire. That fire and one in southern California called the Woolsey Fire have killed at least 31 people.
